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i'm victor blackwell, "cnn presents" continues now. >>> tonight on "cnn presents" -- "soldier guinea pigs." >> received a high dose of the incapacitating agent. >> you're looking at a military test that's never been broadcast before until now. >> we were never supposed to talk about this. it was top secret. this is supposed to house america's homeless veterans. guess who we found sleeping outside? betrayal of trust. on the rise at the nation's preteejs military academies. >> i remember him turning off the lights and me asking, what are you doing? >> women who feel betrayed by the military they committed to serve. >>> and the pentagon's battle to do something about it. revealing investigations, fascinating characters, stories with impact. this is "cnn presents" with tonight's host drew griffin. >>> tonight a special look at some of the men and women who served tonight's country. the injustices done it them. we begin with the startling story of how u.s. soldiers were used as human guinea pigs. during the cold war, the military embarked on this top-secret program to test chemical and bi
i'm victor blackwell, "cnn presents" continues now. >>> tonight on "cnn presents" -- "soldier guinea pigs." >> received a high dose of the incapacitating agent. >> you're looking at a military test that's never been broadcast before until now. >> we were never supposed to talk about this. it was top secret. this is supposed to house america's homeless veterans. guess who we found sleeping outside? betrayal of trust. on the rise at the...
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you have to fix the broken leg, piers. >> but the point i'm making to you is that in the cnn poll, it wasn't just about raising taxes. it's about a combination of spending cuts and tax increases. now, let me play a quote from jay carney talking about exactly what the president is offering. >> here's a fact. the president has on the table a proposal that reduces the deficit by $4 trillion, that does so in a balanced way, that includes substantial cuts to discretionary non-defense spending, over $1 trillion, it includes revenue and includes $340 billion in savings from our health care entitlement programs. >> fairly unequivocal, isn't it? it's a mixture of pretty substantial spending cuts and tax increases. >> we haven't seen the plan. i haven't seen the plan. i don't think the speaker -- >> are you accusing the president of lying? is the president lying? >> where is the plan? >> is he lying? >> i don't think the plan's out there. i think jay carney might be but i don't see the plan. maybe they have a plan. >> jay carney is lying and he's the white house spokesman. >> no. >> they're lyi
you have to fix the broken leg, piers. >> but the point i'm making to you is that in the cnn poll, it wasn't just about raising taxes. it's about a combination of spending cuts and tax increases. now, let me play a quote from jay carney talking about exactly what the president is offering. >> here's a fact. the president has on the table a proposal that reduces the deficit by $4 trillion, that does so in a balanced way, that includes substantial cuts to discretionary non-defense...
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. >> from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, this is cnn sunday morning. air raid sirens as people run for cover in the middle east. as fighting escalates between israel and hamas, world leaders urge peace, but could we see a ground war in gaza before it's all over? >> asia tour. president obama arrives overseas to strengthen economic and political ties in asia, including a visit to myanmar, the first u.s. president to do so. >> j-date. jewish singles using their faith and the web to find the perfect love match. it's our paces of pait. >>> and end of an icon. the maker of twinkies, wonder bread and ding dongs says good-bye. >> i'm viktor blackwell in for randi kaye. >> i want to start this hour with something we heard from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu this morning. we are prepared for a significant expansion of the operation. he is talking about the possibility of ground troops going in behind the air strikes on gaza. israeli war planes have been hammering gaza city for the past few days. ham whereas militants inside gaza have been pirg back m
. >> from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, this is cnn sunday morning. air raid sirens as people run for cover in the middle east. as fighting escalates between israel and hamas, world leaders urge peace, but could we see a ground war in gaza before it's all over? >> asia tour. president obama arrives overseas to strengthen economic and political ties in asia, including a visit to myanmar, the first u.s. president to do so. >> j-date. jewish singles using their faith and the...
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the jackie calmes of the "new york times" and jerry seib and cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> good morning from washington. with all the intrigue of a bond film, i stealthy general david petraeus arrived and left capitol hill. behind closed doors they heard him. >> his testimony today was that from the start he had told us that this was a terrorist attack. terrorists involved from the start. >> it was testimony that seemed to challenge white house explanations of who knew what when about the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya that killed four americans. joining me is missouri senator roy blunt and mare marry -- maryland congressman, doug coopersburger. thank you for joining us. let's start off with the last point, and that is when you all listened to general petraeus, was he saying something different than the white house was saying in the days after benghazi about what it was, what the attack was about? >> well, when he came before our committee, he said really the same thing that he said september the 14th. i think
the jackie calmes of the "new york times" and jerry seib and cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> good morning from washington. with all the intrigue of a bond film, i stealthy general david petraeus arrived and left capitol hill. behind closed doors they heard him. >> his testimony today was that from the start he had told us that this was a terrorist attack. terrorists involved from the start....
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cnn is in gaza city witnessing the violence and here's what she told wolf blitzer this afternoon. watch. >> reporter: okay. i'm going to move out of the way. i'm going to let you get a look here. i'm going to let you get a look at what is going on. i can see the black smoke. it's difficult to capture on camera but you saw that flash. this is what we have been dealing with all day. we have also been dealing with, i'm sorry, the power has just gone out, we have been dealing with power outages, wolf, but this feels like war. it may not have been declared but it feels like war to the ci civilians who live here. >> sarah joins us live from gaza. what are you seeing. we saw the air strikes earlier in the day. what's going on now? >> reporter: the same thing throughout the entire night. we have been hearing some teeth rattling blasts over gaza. we do know there have been at least a dozen blasts over the past few hours. very, very, very loud, strong blasts here. it's very dark. i'm going to kind of move out of the way just to give you a look. it's dark here and power is out in much of the
cnn is in gaza city witnessing the violence and here's what she told wolf blitzer this afternoon. watch. >> reporter: okay. i'm going to move out of the way. i'm going to let you get a look here. i'm going to let you get a look at what is going on. i can see the black smoke. it's difficult to capture on camera but you saw that flash. this is what we have been dealing with all day. we have also been dealing with, i'm sorry, the power has just gone out, we have been dealing with power...
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. >>> i'm gary tuchman at the cnn center in atlanta. here's what's happening. the israeli military just reporting an arrest in connection with wednesday's bus bombing that injured 24 people in tel aviv. police say the man who planted the bomb is an arab-israeli carrying out orders given to him by hamas and islamic jihad terrorists. video posted on the internet today shows what syrian rebels say is a heavily damaged hospital in syria's largest city of aleppo. two children and a doctor died when syrian government planes bombed the building next door. cnn cannot independently verify claims made by either side in syria's civil war. boxer hector camacho is brain dead during a drive-by shooting. he boxed for more than 25 years and is a former lightweight and junior lightweight champion. president obama is spending a quiet thanksgiving at the white house with his family and friends including members of the oregon state basketball team. their head coach is craig robinson, who is michelle obama's brother. the president also phoned ten members of the armed forces deploye
. >>> i'm gary tuchman at the cnn center in atlanta. here's what's happening. the israeli military just reporting an arrest in connection with wednesday's bus bombing that injured 24 people in tel aviv. police say the man who planted the bomb is an arab-israeli carrying out orders given to him by hamas and islamic jihad terrorists. video posted on the internet today shows what syrian rebels say is a heavily damaged hospital in syria's largest city of aleppo. two children and a doctor...
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first, on the phone from northern syria, cnn's arwa damon. arwa, you have been inside, and we understand a lot of the communications is now down across syria. what do we know? >> reporter: can i tell you right now the area i'm in at the very least there is no cell phone reception or no power. people are telling us that this has been the case for quite some time now, and this particular area, in fact, they say that the internet has been shut down for three to four months. we're hearing reports of various internet blackouts taking place throughout the entire country. op sfwligs active i says saying this is a tactic that the assad regime has used in the past, although not as widespread as it seems to be in this case. we've been traveling quite extensively over the last two days, and what is quite striking is that areas, neighborhoods, cities that, one could not travel through, say, two months ago because they were under the control of the assad regime or because they were battle zones are now beginning to have signs of civilian life returning to
first, on the phone from northern syria, cnn's arwa damon. arwa, you have been inside, and we understand a lot of the communications is now down across syria. what do we know? >> reporter: can i tell you right now the area i'm in at the very least there is no cell phone reception or no power. people are telling us that this has been the case for quite some time now, and this particular area, in fact, they say that the internet has been shut down for three to four months. we're hearing...
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cnn's wolf blitzer visited a home left in ruins there. a family of six ran to a safe room and survived with just 30 seconds to spare. farther north outside tel aviv, a residential building was also hit. just hours ago in jerusalem, u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton arrived for peace talks. >> the goal must be a durable outcome that promotes regional stability and advances the security and legitimate aspirations of israelis and palestinians alike. >> that is what the last 24 hours have looked like. again, the breaking news this evening, a series of massive explosions have really rocked central gaza city over the last hour or two, and it is often the time when some of the biggest explosions occur so we are watching with some trepidation to see what may occur over the next hour. we will talk to wolf blitzer, my colleague from cnn, in jerusalem. also here with me is arwa damon, ben wedeman, also fuad ajami joining us from new york. later on we will be joined by princeton university's ann marie slaughter as well as talking to the israeli
cnn's wolf blitzer visited a home left in ruins there. a family of six ran to a safe room and survived with just 30 seconds to spare. farther north outside tel aviv, a residential building was also hit. just hours ago in jerusalem, u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton arrived for peace talks. >> the goal must be a durable outcome that promotes regional stability and advances the security and legitimate aspirations of israelis and palestinians alike. >> that is what the last 24...
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. ♪ >>> i'm marten savage in the cnn newsroom. let's get you caught one some of the headlines. >>> egypt's president is firm on his decree limiting the judiciary, staying is only temporary. many protestors camp out in tahrir square, they are not going to leave until morsi reverses course. >>> china, look at this, has successfully landed a fight jet on an aircraft carrier for the first time. eventually, the aircraft carrier will be able to hold 30 jets but that could be years before it's fully operational. >>> here is the bad news, you didn't win last night's powerball jackpot. how about the good news? nobody else did either. that means the estimated jackpot for wednesday's drawing climbs to $425 million. those are the top stories this hour. now back to cnn presents. >>> you want to resolve this as much or more so than you do. >> reporter: after promising federal negotiators that he would lead his followers out, david koresh says god told him not to. >> my god told me to wait and that's all i'm doing. >> reporter: koresh also has a
. ♪ >>> i'm marten savage in the cnn newsroom. let's get you caught one some of the headlines. >>> egypt's president is firm on his decree limiting the judiciary, staying is only temporary. many protestors camp out in tahrir square, they are not going to leave until morsi reverses course. >>> china, look at this, has successfully landed a fight jet on an aircraft carrier for the first time. eventually, the aircraft carrier will be able to hold 30 jets but that could...
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chief randy adams i'm from cnn. we caught up with randy adams in simi valley. the people of the city of bell saw you milked them for he a sal extraordinarily high and now you're doing the same thing with the state. >> well, i disagree, of course, with those types of characterizations. when one day i'm able to tell my complete side of the story, i think you'll see there is a completely different side to that story. unfortunately, i can't talk at length about it, but that's the situation. >> do you think you deserve to make double what the lapd chief made? >> i've made all the comments i can make at this time. >> i spoke to his attorney by telephone who said adams is a good cop who does deserve to double his pension to half a million dollars a year for that one year of service in bell. but the people who run california's pension system say absolutely not. what is he asking for? >> basically he's trying to double his pension from $19,000 a month, which is far surpassing almost anyone else in our system as a retiree to bobby brown $38,000 a month. >> does he deserv
chief randy adams i'm from cnn. we caught up with randy adams in simi valley. the people of the city of bell saw you milked them for he a sal extraordinarily high and now you're doing the same thing with the state. >> well, i disagree, of course, with those types of characterizations. when one day i'm able to tell my complete side of the story, i think you'll see there is a completely different side to that story. unfortunately, i can't talk at length about it, but that's the situation....
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>>> it's the top of the hour, you're in the cnn newsroom. i'm garry tuchman sitting in for fredericka whitfield. >>> israel and hamas militants in gaza are fight forgive a fourth straight day with no letup in sight. anderson cooper is in gaza city, anderson cooper is in israel. -- wolf blitzer is in israel. >> israel has said that the israeli air force struck more than 120 targets on sunday in gaza. most notably, the house of a -- the hamas the head of a hamas rocket unit. initially say had said they killed that man. they can't verify whether or not they did -- the local ambulance crews said that as many as ten civilians, women and children were inside the house at the time. the israelis do acknowledge that this man's family was in the house at the time. but they cannot confirm if he was there. israeli -- hitting some local journalists, they had called up some french journalists in advance of the strike, and told them to get out of the building, and they did evacuate, but some journalists did go back inside. there was a response to that, the
>>> it's the top of the hour, you're in the cnn newsroom. i'm garry tuchman sitting in for fredericka whitfield. >>> israel and hamas militants in gaza are fight forgive a fourth straight day with no letup in sight. anderson cooper is in gaza city, anderson cooper is in israel. -- wolf blitzer is in israel. >> israel has said that the israeli air force struck more than 120 targets on sunday in gaza. most notably, the house of a -- the hamas the head of a hamas rocket...